Japan s hayabusa spacecraft which launched in 2003 to rendezvous with the asteroid itokawa used electric propulsion as did nasa s asteroid visiting dawn spacecraft which lifted off in 2007.
Spacecraft electric propulsion an overview.
The use of electrical power enhances the propulsive performances of the ep thrusters compared with conventional chemical thrusters.
A short review of the status of electric propulsion ep is.
Journal of electrostatics vol.
Characterization of electrospray beams for micro spacecraft electric propulsion applications.
Electric thrusters typically use much less propellant than chemical rockets because they have a higher exhaust speed operate.
Power source applicability fuel cell chemical dynamic apus hours.
Spacecraft electric propulsion an overview.
Electric power level kw duration of use 10 min 1 hour 1 day 1 month 1 year 10 years chemical 10 1 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7.
Our electric space propulsion expertise is based on the space proven radio frequency ion technology rit.
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Electric ion space propulsion systems and thrusters radio frequency ion propulsion for orbit raising station keeping and deep space missions.
Spacecraft electric propulsion an overview.
Electrodynamics tethers propulsion charged tether.
Within this field we produce complete propulsion systems modules thrusters and.
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An electrically powered spacecraft propulsion system uses electrical and possibly also magnetic fields to change the velocity of a spacecraft most of these kinds of spacecraft propulsion systems work by electrically expelling propellant reaction mass at high speed.
Unlike chemical systems electric propulsion requires very little mass to accelerate a.
Electric propulsion ep is a class of space propulsion which makes use of electrical power to accelerate a propellant by different possible electrical and or magnetic means.
Endurance testing of a pulsed plasma thruster for nanosatellites.